'Record' Project: Working With Text In Photoshop Again...

Another extension of previous work, looking at combining the text with the images.

I think the text really works with the image here, however because I put the print in negative to get the colours I wanted, I think it lost some of the quality, but I didn't want to block in the characters because then I'd lose the texture! So I was a little stuck.

I really love this image. I like that the colours are slightly visible and it's not just black and white. I replaced what was the speech arrows with the text and used the same green to emphasize certain words. I'm really happy with this image, moving towards creating final imagery I think this is more like what I'm looking to put together.

'Record' Project: Working With Text In Photoshop Continued...

Trying to improve my images based on the evaluation of the previous ones, and also experimenting with new phrases and text.

This text was more difficult, I decided to make certain areas transparent so it would blend in with the image. I actually like how this looks, I decided to overlap it with the speech arrows to further bring across the idea of speech or conversation. It's very bold but not overpowering, I'll definitely experiment with this more.

Same print different text. I didn't like this at first but it's growing on me. I think leaving the rest of the page clear was the right decision, however I worry it's now a little boring. I'm conflicted because while I like the technique and the colour I just think it's too simple. At least it blends together quite well.

My last one, and first time mixing the two phrases together. I think this would really work if the two elements actually worked together, because here they're quite separate. I love the colour of the bottom half of the text, and I think I'll experiment with separating colour within the phrase again because it works quite nicely!

'Record' Project: Working With Text In Photoshop

I started using my first scans, and working over images I've created previously, editing them here and there to fit with the text.

My first image, I clean up the text a little and decided on white, it's still a little messy but I quite like it! however if I could fix something I think I'd make the text smaller, I didn't adjust the size at all and I think it takes up a little too much of the image.

My second, using the stamps was a good idea, it hardly needed cleaning up at all! I love the style and consistency of the font but I regret the colour choice. I think it looks flat and forced, I'm worried this type will only work in black. 

My favourite of the three. I think this type works really well, particularly with the quite bold imagery and colour. I reckon it's also quiet enough to handle any colours. I'll need to try this out with busier images and see what happens.

'Record' Project: Text.

I've been thinking about using text in my images, to decide I looked through all the type in my journal so far, evaluating and picking my favourites.

I like most of these, I think they could be really interesting drawn up with conversation.

A few of these are very similar to what I like to use normally, I'd like to try quite a few of these though, it won't do any harm to have choice.

I tried out several in my sketchbook, and finally drew up a few I liked to be scanned in.

All the phrases were taken from conversations I've recorded in my sketchbook, I thought they were interesting and can also be used together.

I'm planning to use these in Photoshop, and I think my final decisions were the right ones. There is actually a fair amount of variation and I think I'll be able to work with all of them.

Body Parts: Experimenting with Photoshop.

As part of my brief, I started looking towards recreating a collage but in a kind of more illustrative/graphic style. It started just from some observational drawings I was doing of my hands, which I then decided to scan in! 

I haven't used photoshop properly in a long time, but I do have a basic knowledge of how to work it. So I decided to try and teach myself how to colour in drawings using photoshop. To begin with I was doing really simple ones, playing around with the sizes and areas of colour. I liked how these looked, however the lines are a little sloppy (and are throughout!).

You can see the heavy lines around the fingernails below, I think this is mainly to do with the original drawing, so if I do more I will have to be more careful.

After this, I learnt how to rotate the brushes! This gave me much more options in terms of placement and composition, which I then started to take into more consideration. I made the images busier this time and tried to create connections within the image. I think the use of colour is more fluent too and they look more like a set.

For my last two images I wanted to be a little more experimental. Finished you can see that it was less about the drawings and more about colour blocking and experimenting with overlapping the images. I think the last two look great and I'm happy with how the idea evolved as I was working through it. (Again, I apologise for the really close up shabby lines in the second image!) I think this was a great place to start in terms of trying to work within the pathway I'll hopefully be moving on to! Re-training myself in photoshop was frustrating but fun too, I'd like to come back to this way of working at a further point and experiment with more possibilities.